2023–24 K.R.C. Genk season

K.R.C. Genk
2023–24 season
Chairman	Peter Croonen
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Cegeka Arena
Belgian Pro League	6th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
	All statistics correct as of 16 September 2023.

The 2023–24 season is K.R.C. Genk's 36th season in existence and 28th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 September 2023[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Hendrik Van Crombrugge
2	DF	USA	Mark McKenzie
3	DF	ESP	Mujaid Sadick
4	MF	CIV	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed
5	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga
7	MF	GAM	Alieu Fadera
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen (captain)
9	FW	SUI	Andi Zeqiri
14	MF	NGA	Yira Sor
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský
18	DF	COD	Joris Kayembe
19	MF	BEL	Anouar Ait El Hadj
23	DF	COL	Daniel Muñoz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	BEL	Luca Oyen
25	MF	ARG	Matías Galarza
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt
28	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil
30	GK	BEL	Vic Chambaere
34	MF	MAR	Bilal El Khannous
41	GK	BEL	Mike Penders
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta
70	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Sory Bangoura
77	MF	MAR	Zakaria El Ouahdi
90	MF	GHA	Christopher Bonsu Baah
99	FW	NGA	Tolu Arokodare

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	DEN	Rasmus Carstensen (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Nicolás Castro (at Elche until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	BEL	Mike Trésor (at Burnley until June 30 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Hendrik Van Crombrugge	Anderlecht	€1,300,000	18 July 2023	[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Rasmus Carstensen	1. FC Köln	Loan	3 August 2023	[3]
GK	Tobe Leysen	OH Leuven	Undisclosed	19 August 2023	[4]
MF	Mike Trésor	Burnley	Loan	1 September 2023	[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2023 Friendly	Genk	3–0	Tienen	Genk
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Terrain 't Heke

12 July 2023 Friendly	PAOK	3–2	Genk	Swolgen, Netherlands
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Sportpark Sporting Swolgen Tienray

15 July 2023 Friendly	Genk	3–3	Zulte Waregem
12:00 UTC+2

19 July 2023 Friendly	Sporting Lisbon	1–1	Genk	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Estádio Algarve

22 July 2023 Friendly	Genk	2–0	Burnley	Genk
18:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Cegeka Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	29 July 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	050.00
Belgian Cup	TBD				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	25 July 2023	2 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa League	10 August 2023	17 August 2023	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	24 August 2023		Second qualifying round		2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					12	4	5	3	15	10	+5	033.33

Last updated: 16 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Gent	11	5	5	1	16	11	+5	20	Play-off I
4	Cercle Brugge	11	6	0	5	13	11	+2	18
5	Genk	11	4	6	1	20	10	+10	18
6	Antwerp	11	4	5	2	19	8	+11	17
7	Club Brugge	11	4	4	3	23	12	+11	16	Play-off II

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[6]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11	0	2	1	1	2	−1	3	0	0	7	0	+7

Last updated: 16 September 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	P	D	W
Position	1	6	5	6	8	9	6

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.[7]

29 July 2023 1	RWD Molenbeek	0–4	Genk	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Abner 81'	Report	Fadera 31' Heynen 38' (pen.) Muñoz 45' Cuesta 71'	Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium Referee: Wesli De Cremer

5 August 2023 2	Genk	0–1	Eupen	Genk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	McKenzie 50'	Report	Charles-Cook 2' Nuhu 33' Nurudeen 75'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Wim Smet

13 August 2023 3	Cercle Brugge	0–1	Genk	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Popović 53' Francis 86'	Report	Ait El Hadj 42' Warleson 71' (o.g.) Kayembe 73' Muñoz 78'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Bert Put

20 August 2023 4	Genk	0–0	Charleroi	Genk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Kevin Van Damme

3 September 2023 6	Genk	1–1	Anderlecht	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Bram Van Driessche

16 September 2023 7	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–2	Genk	Brussels
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

24 September 2023 8	Genk	v	Sint-Truiden	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cegeka Arena

28 September 2023 5	Club Brugge	v	Genk	Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Note: The match scheduled for 27 August 2023 was postponed due to the UEFA Conference League play-offs.[8]

Belgian Cup

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

25 July 2023 First leg	Servette	1–1	Genk	Geneva, Switzerland
20:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 18,026 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

2 August 2023 Second leg	Genk	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (1–4 p)	Servette	Genk
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 16,280 Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

10 August 2023 First leg	Olympiacos	1–0	Genk	Piraeus, Greece
22:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 24,123 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

17 August 2023 Second leg	Genk	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Genk
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 11,998 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

24 August 2023 First leg	Genk	2–1	Adana Demirspor	Genk
20:00 UTC+2	McKenzie 24' Muñoz 60', 90+3' Arokodare 77' Bonsu Baah 90+6'	Report	Gravillon 23' Akbaba 47' Belhanda 50' B. Ndiaye 90+11'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

31 August 2023 Second leg	Adana Demirspor	1–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–5 p)	Genk	Adana
21:00 UTC+3	C. Ndiaye 45+10', 45+10' Akbaba 64' Belhanda 78' Rodrigues 90+5' Stambouli 120+2'	Report	Fadera 25' Arokodare 90+1'	Stadium: New Adana Stadium Attendance: 24,986 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)
	Penalties
	Niang Stambouli Belhanda Sari David		Heynen Bonsu Baah Ait El Hadj Ouattara Arokodare

Group stage

The draw for the group stage will be held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FIO	FER	GNK	ČUK
1	Fiorentina	3	1	2	0	10	4	+6	5[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to round of 16	—	2–2	30 Nov	6–0
2	Ferencváros	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout round play-offs	14 Dec	—	9 Nov	3–1
3	Genk	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5[lower-alpha 1]		2–2	0–0	—	14 Dec
4	Čukarički	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0		9 Nov	30 Nov	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Fiorentina 2, Ferencváros 2, Genk 2. Head-to-head goal difference: Fiorentina 0, Ferencváros 0, Genk 0. Head-to-head goals scored: Fiorentina 4, Ferencváros 2, Genk 2.

References

"1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.
"Hendrik Van Crombrugge is leaving RSCA after 4 seasons". www.rsca.be.
"FC LOAN IN RASMUS CARSTENSEN". 1. FC Köln. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
"Tobe Leysen naar OH Leuven". September 3, 2023.
"TRESOR IS A CLARET!". Burnley Football Club.
"Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
"Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.
"Topper tussen Club Brugge en Racing Genk op 5e speeldag wordt uitgesteld". 3 August 2023.

External links

Official website

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[table_hth_FIO0.42859012141292-9] Head-to-head points: Fiorentina 2, Ferencváros 2, Genk 2. Head-to-head goal difference: Fiorentina 0, Ferencváros 0, Genk 0. Head-to-head goals scored: Fiorentina 4, Ferencváros 2, Genk 2.

[1] "1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.

[2] "Hendrik Van Crombrugge is leaving RSCA after 4 seasons". www.rsca.be.

[3] "FC LOAN IN RASMUS CARSTENSEN". 1. FC Köln. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[4] "Tobe Leysen naar OH Leuven". September 3, 2023.

[5] "TRESOR IS A CLARET!". Burnley Football Club.

[6] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.

[7] "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.

[8] "Topper tussen Club Brugge en Racing Genk op 5e speeldag wordt uitgesteld". 3 August 2023.

2023–24 in Belgian football
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League competitions	Pro League Challenger Pro League National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2023 Winter 2023–24 Summer 2024
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying (Group F) Domenico Tedesco
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